unguarded

Example Sentences

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It blamed the chaos on SDF troops, who it says abandoned the camp during the January offensive, leaving the facility unguarded for hours and making it hard to reimpose security.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

The French international was reduced to tears after pouncing on a Pope error to roll into an unguarded net.

From Barron's • Jan. 31, 2026

The broadcaster said the driver left the vehicle in an unguarded parking lot and spent the night in a nearby hotel.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025

The stroke seems to have stripped away some of his old formality, leaving him more open, unguarded, even amused by his own lapses.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025

I went to familiar, reliable garbage cans and a few unguarded home pantries, places we both knew well.

From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli